POLICE: 15 DIE AFTER BLASTS HIT SOMALIA RESTAURANT
By ABDI GULED Somali soldiers look at the bodies of some of those who were killed in a suicide and car bomb blasts at a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday,…
Accidents and disasters
NEW RIGHTS WORRIES OVER ARRESTS IN EGYPT
By TONY G. GABRIEL and MARIAM RIZK Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become…
EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED AT YOSEMITE FIRE
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service, members of the Roosevelt Interagency Hotshot crew, from Fort Collins, Colo., gear up for a controlled burn operation as they fight…
MORE TANK LEAKS FOUND AT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 file photo, workers stand on storage tanks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture,…
NEW SF-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE ON TRACK TO OPEN
By JASON DEAREN In a handout photo provided by the Bay Area Toll Authority, LED lights illuminate the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s self-anchored suspension on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in…
SMOKE FROM SIERRA FIRE REACHES YOSEMITE VALLEY
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Dense smoke from a wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park on Saturday hampered both suppression efforts and the prized views…
EARTHQUAKE KILLS 5 PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
This photo taken by mobile phone camera released by China’s Xinhua news agency, shows a landslide triggered by an earthquake on a road in Benzilan Township of Deqen County, southwest…
STREET KILLINGS UNDERSCORE IRAQ’S RISING UNREST
By ADAM SCHRECK This undated image made from video posted on a militant website in Aug. 2013, with is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a jihadi militant…